Saturday, April 23, 2011

Pasta with Meat Ragu

One of my favorite meals of all time, pasta w/ meat ragu. I did this version in less then 20 minutes, with only 6 ingredients (pasta, ground turkey, tomato paste, tomato sauce, honey, onion). Bring a pot of water to boil for the pasta (on the back burner is good enough). Chop 1 medium onion, brown in hot skillet with oil (I use light olive oil). Then add 1 lb. ground turkey, season with fresh cracked black pepper and sea salt. Lightly brown the meat, then add 2 big tablespoons of good quality tomato paste, 8 oz. can of tomato sauce (do not use jarred spaghetti sauce, simply get Hunts tomato sauce), and 8 oz water (I use the empty can of tomato sauce to measure). Bring the sauce to a boil and lower heat. At this point drop pasta into boiling pot of water. Make sure that the pasta water is well seasoned with salt. Keep stirring your sauce so it don't stick, add 1 - 2 tablespoons of honey depending on your taste. Let sauce simmer for 3 - 4 minutes then taste and correct seasoning. When pasta is cooked half way, add 2 ladles of pasta water to the sauce to loosen, then drain pasta, and add to the pan. The pasta will absorb the sauce and finish cooking in the pan. Gently toss the pasta so it does not break up. Add as much Romano cheese as you like, toss and serve. I ran out of cheese, but you can sprinkle some on top after plating. And also the pasta I used was Barilla lasagna without the curved edges. Not by choice, it's all I had in the pantry. I just broke it up into the pot and made sure it didn't over cook. 




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